( voice test ; canon: elementary )

[cogitates]

It's perfectly reasonable to remain silent while you-- [Handwave.] Dilly about on this pointless escapade.

Regardless of the the fact I'm in your head, you could not possibly think you know enough of anything-- let alone me -- to continue this in any accurate form.

In lieu of not adhering to my request, you are met with a resounding silence.

[A pause. Because this is quite the opposite. He exhales, giving an annoyed look.]

Obviously that does not include-- [Another gesture to encompass this place.]

This.

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it's all right! c:

[herrin]

[ oh no, the truth is much more shameful on her part; she'll never tell. at least, not unless she believes he needs it from her. but she certainly would never break him. ]

How strange; I'm dead as well. But I very much exist. [ unfortunately, she can't be anything but what she is; she plays games, she misbehaves.

a delicate eyebrow raises, however. ]

Boss? [ oh dear, that's laughable. ] Oh, hardly. We had a business relationship, once; no longer. I'm not a criminal.

Who is it that you think I am?

<3

[cogitates]

Aiding and abetting is a crime, Ms. Adler. [He points out with a raise of his eyebrows.]

[herrin]

Since I did neither, I haven't committed a crime. [ or at least, not that crime. ]

I'm really quite a simple woman.

[cogitates]

That I don't believe for a second.

[herrin]

You wound me. [ oh, the sarcasm. but, beyond that. ]

Additionally, you don't actually know me. It seems like there are a lot of things that are different between our two worlds. [ we were never lovers here, darling. ]

[cogitates]

I know enough about people though. [His assumption doesn't come from his Irene Adler, though he's interested in what those differences are.]

[herrin]

I'm not people.

[ it's an easy enough retort. ]

[cogitates]

A very predictable response, Irene Adler.

[herrin]

Is it? And what does it tell you about me?

[cogitates]

You're trying to placate me or you're trying to play me.

[herrin]

And if I say I'm doing neither, I'm obviously lying, correct?

[cogitates]

Perhaps by your perspective you're not.

[herrin]

And by yours, I must be?

[cogitates]

Why else would you be here?

[herrin]

Perhaps, Mr. Holmes, I was sent here to offer you some guidance.